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Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen Meaning

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Accidents Will Happen Lyrics

Oh, I just don't know where to begin
Love doesn't wait forever
It's now or never
But she keeps 'em hangin' on
The silly champion
She says she can't go home without a chaperone
Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
You used to be a...

  1. Francis_the_Interpreter
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    Jun 6th 2021 !⃝

    It's about a guy coming home after having a one night stand with one of the "so many fish in the sea" and trying to explain to his girlfriend that it was just an accident; a "hit and run" and that he knows what he has done, so she doesn't have to spell it out for him.
    Some girl at the bar said she couldn't go home without a chaperone, so he walked her home and that was his mistake; but it was just and accident


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